Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Claddagh West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Claddagh West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.54672, -8.71335
- SMR number
- GA030-040----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In gently undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 46m, E-W 41.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible from E through S to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The outer bank displays evidence of stone-facing. A field wall cuts the monument at ENE and WSW. There is a well-defined entrance at E. Within the interior are a probable souterrain (GA030-040002-) and CBG (GA030-040001-)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.